Rick Clemens

Rick Clemens, a name that tends to fly under the radar unless you’re really tuned into the world of offbeat documentaries and deep-dive character studies. This guy’s work, especially “The Way It's Never Been Done Before,” kinda sums up his whole vibe—pushing boundaries, not really caring if you get it right away, but making sure you remember it. Then you’ve got “SkyWalker: The David Thompson Story” from 2004, which, let’s be honest, doesn’t just retell some tired sports legend story. Nah, Clemens grabs the chaos, the drama, and the weird brilliance of David Thompson and throws you right into the thick of it. The dude could leap out of any gym, but his real story was way messier, and Clemens doesn’t sugarcoat a thing. And don’t even get me started on “On Marlon Brando: George Englund & Cloris Leachman” from 2017. That one’s less a puff piece and more of a backdoor into old Hollywood, with Clemens letting Englund and Leachman spill the kind of tea you’d never get from a studio-approved biography. The conversations dig into Brando’s wild contradictions, the stuff that made him both a genius and a total headache. Clemens isn’t interested in legends—he wants the raw, unfiltered messiness. So yeah, if you’re into documentaries that shake things up and aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty, Rick Clemens is your guy. No glossy PR spin, just real stories told with a punch.